Archive for July 2020
PG&E Exits Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to Brink of Ruin
Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E Corp. has emerged from the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The California power giant said in a statement Wednesday … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGun Demand Is Off the Charts in America
U.S. consumers are rushing to buy guns as the Covid-19 pandemic and protests over police brutality combine with U.S. presidential politics to fuel unprecedented demand. Firearm background checks compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a proxy for gun purchases, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGun Demand Is Off the Charts in America
U.S. consumers are rushing to buy guns as the Covid-19 pandemic and protests over police brutality combine with U.S. presidential politics to fuel unprecedented demand. Firearm background checks compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a proxy for gun purchases, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNovartis Settles U.S. Fraud Lawsuit Over Sham Speaker Programs
NEW YORK — Novartis AG agreed to pay $678 million to settle a civil fraud lawsuit brought by the U.S. government accusing the Swiss drugmaker of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe its … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNovartis Settles U.S. Fraud Lawsuit Over Sham Speaker Programs
NEW YORK — Novartis AG agreed to pay $678 million to settle a civil fraud lawsuit brought by the U.S. government accusing the Swiss drugmaker of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors to induce them to prescribe its … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFormer Indivior CEO Pleads Guilty in U.S. in Opioid Addiction Treatment Probe
Shaun Thaxter, the former chief executive of drugmaker Indivior Plc, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge arising out of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the marketing of its opioid addiction treatment Suboxone. Thaxter pleaded guilty in federal … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFormer Indivior CEO Pleads Guilty in U.S. in Opioid Addiction Treatment Probe
Shaun Thaxter, the former chief executive of drugmaker Indivior Plc, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge arising out of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into the marketing of its opioid addiction treatment Suboxone. Thaxter pleaded guilty in federal … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNornickel Draws Up Permafrost Monitoring Plan After Arctic Fuel Spill
MOSCOW, July 2 — Russia’s Norilsk Nickel , a major global nickel and palladium producer, has prepared a long-term program to monitor permafrost and remedy environmental damage after an Arctic fuel spill in its home city, it said on Thursday. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNornickel Draws Up Permafrost Monitoring Plan After Arctic Fuel Spill
MOSCOW, July 2 — Russia’s Norilsk Nickel , a major global nickel and palladium producer, has prepared a long-term program to monitor permafrost and remedy environmental damage after an Arctic fuel spill in its home city, it said on Thursday. … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWeinstein Reaches Tentative $19M Deal With Accusers
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board have reached a nearly $19 million settlement with dozens of his sexual misconduct accusers, New York state’s attorney general and lawyers in a class-action lawsuit said Tuesday. The agreement was … Source: Claims Journal
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